Flour-sifter.



N: F. DAUMEYER. PLOUR SIFTER.

APPLIUATION FILED APR. zo, 1910.

967,109 Patented Aug. 9, 1910.

V s "www fait, i its litt/lita FLUURSKFTER.

hpeclcaton of Letters Patent,

Patented. Xanga, ll,

Application led April 2.0, 191B. Serial No. 556,532.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that l, Niciioms li'. Darninrnn; a citizen ot' the United States, rcsiding' at Norwood. county i tllzii1iilto1i,:111d State ot Ohio, have invented certain new and usetul improvements in l `lour-Sitters, of which the following is a speeilication.

My invention relates to flour sitters.

The object ot the present invention is the provision of a lionr sitter ot simple, ine pensive, compactand durahle construction having a hinged bottom which can he con, .veinently opened and dosed, and provided with a sitting or screen septum shaped and mounted in a new manner within the shell of the device, an agitator arrangechconstructed and mounted in a novel fashion to co-act with the sitting or screen septum, and an operating handle n'iounted in a novel fashion Within the usual handle ot the sitter so that it can be conveniently grasped by the saine hand which holds the sitter to thereby manipulate the agitator as may he desired, said handle being operatively connected to the agitator in a new manner, all as more fully set forth hereinafter.

ln the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a plan View, `with the crank ot the agi tiator, and the upper part ot the main handle in section; and Fig'. 2, a vertical section ot' the device, the agitator and its operating,` mechanism being shown in full lines.

The shell or cup l is provided with any usual type ot handle 2. 'lhe shell has a bot toni 3 which is hinged at l and held by a springdatch at 5. The bottoni 3 may he readily released with one hand while the sitter is being grasped by the handle 2, but it it is desired to close the bottom 3, it is 'not necessary to use the hand toaccon'iplish this, as by pressing or striking the bottom againstv the table or other object,.the bottoni will snap into engagement with the latch 5.

Extending crosswise of the shell are the bearing members 6 and 7 and above the member 7 is the screen oi' sitter septum or bottom 8 which is more or less seinispherioal., hein5 connected to the shell l hy an annular handlr 9 and preferably resting on the cross member 7.

dournaled in the members t5 and 7 is the shaft l0 which has the agitator ll consisting' ot' bowed wires which .more or less engage the septum 8 to insure sitting o'l the lionr or support l actnate 1t,'and a rod connecting the tree end other material therethrough. The shaitt l() is provided with a crank l2 which connected ll' a stout wire 13 to an operating handle l-l mounted by springs l5 which are secured to the handle 2. Preferably, the springs 'l5-are formed from the saine piece or' spring,l wire which runs through the beads 16 on the handle 141; and whose intermediate part is :toi-ined into an eye 17 which .is enraged with an eye 18 on the flexible wire 13. This construction is both cheap and strongu rlfhe springs l5 may he connected by soldering, riveting, or in any other preferred man ner, to the handle rlhe handle ll, heilig disposed inside of handle and spring-pivoted at its lower end, is conveniently arranged to he grasped by the saine hand that holds the sitter and to he operated against Athe tension of the springs l5, by the `lingers, but the disposition ot the handle il is such that ay relatively large space is lett in the handle 2 to receive the fingers ot the. user when it is desired simply to carry the device troni place to place. lillhen the bottom 3 is to be opened, the disengaged hand ot the user can release the latch 5, but to close the bottom El does not require hand manipulation as the bottoni.

can be lightly struck against the table or other object and will snap itself closed.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure hy lietters Patent, is1- The herein described lloui sitter, consist ing' of a cup or shell having a rounded screen bottom, upper and lower cross-hear ing members, an agitator having a vertical shaft journaled in said upper and lower cross-bearing members formed into a cranlr at its` upper end above the upper loearinag,P member, said agitator beingr adapted to cause the material to pass through the screen, a. handle for said cup or shell an operating handle located within said handle, a spring oonnectin t the said handles and serving as ai or the operating,F handle and to ot the operating handle with the crank.

lin testimony whereof, l hereunto atlia my signature in ire-sence ot two Witnesses.

y Nl nllltllhtijd l?. Dililllllllllhllt. Witnesses:

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